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'Immediate action' needed to address majority of renting retirees living in poverty

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Most retired Australians who are renting in the private market are living in poverty. That's just one of the findings in a new report from the Melbourne-based Grattan Institute which analyses public policy. It's calling on the federal government to take immediate action.
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